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On this day in 1886
Khalsa Akhbar newspaper in Gurmukhi started in Lahore
Also on this day
- 1647Pir Budhu Shah was born
- 1940Udham Singh of Sunam was sentenced to death for avenging the killings of Jallianwala Bagh by killing Sir Michael O’ Dwyer in London
- 1984The rebel Sikh soldiers count reached over 2000 They are headed towards Amritsar.
- 1984Dr. Jagjit Singh Chauhan announced a government in exile
June in Sikh History
- Jun 1Black Day in Sikh history - CRPF and BSF fired upon and damaged Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar
- Jun 2Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s forces annexed the province of Multan into the Sikh State, after several years of fierce battles
- Jun 3GurSikhs courting arrest under Dharam Ud Morcha numbered over 235000
- Jun 4Operation Bluestar: Indian armed forces invaded Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar and more than 120 other shrines
- Jun 5Operation Bluestar: Fierce battle in Golden Temple Complex, Sri Akal Takhat is attacked with heavy artillery and tanks
- Jun 6Guru Har Gobind Sahib fought and won the first battle of Amritsar against the Mughal army
- Jun 7GurSikhs from rural Punjab march to defend Sri Darbar Sahib despite the heavy presence of armed forces
- Jun 8The succession battle for Delhi throne was fought among Aurangzeb’s sons, Tara Azam and Bahadur Shah
- Jun 9Shaheedi of Banda Singh Bahadur
- Jun 10Remaining Sikhs captured with Baba Banda Singh Bahadur were beheaded
- Jun 11Gurgaddi Divas of Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji
- Jun 12Firing can be clearly heard in the broadcast of Hukam from darbar Sahib, Amritsar
- Jun 13Khalsa Akhbar newspaper in Gurmukhi started in Lahore
- Jun 14Janam Utsav, Sahibjada Baba Fateh Singh Ji
- Jun 15Foundation Stone of Sri Akal Takhat is laid by Sri Guru Har Gobind Sahib Ji
- Jun 16Shaheedi Divas of Guru Arjan Dev Ji
- Jun 17Supreme Sikh Council decided to demolish the damaged Akal Takhat and to allocate the KarSewa for its rebuilding to Sant…
- Jun 18First elections to the Central Board under the Gurudwara Act
- Jun 19Guru Har Rai was married to Mata Krishen Kaur, daughter of Baba Daya Ram, of Bulsand-shair
- Jun 20Guru Tegh Bahadhur Ji arrested in Delhi
- Jun 21Guru Tegh Bahadhur Ji visited Banaras
- Jun 22Panj Payaras excummunicated Baba Sant Singh Ji for co-operating with the Indian government
- Jun 23Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minsiter of India, vists Darbar Sahib after operation Bluestar
- Jun 24Punjabi University established
- Jun 259th Shahidi Jatha of 500 Akalis, led by Sardar Kaesar Singh of Vidang (Amritsar), courted arrest upon reaching Jaito
- Jun 26Baba Nihal Singh Hariawalae arrested
- Jun 27Deputy Commissioner Amritsar, criticised the false rumours - naked girls, heroin, drugs, alcohol
- Jun 28Ujagar Singh, acting President, Akali Dal and Atma Singh
- Jun 29First meeting of Akali Dal in Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, after Operation Bluestar
- Jun 30Babbar Khalsa International Conference, Montreal
